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guyzilla |
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December 23, 2009 09:03:27pm |
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Re: About copyright and video rentals |
Yeah, that would make sense that Netflix has permission to put these films up on their site. I can't really see them getting by with it otherwise. But I still would like to hear people's thoughts on the first question, which is do the studios and copyright holders make any money when their films are rented out by Netflix or video stores. My curiosity is mostly academic but it's something I've wondered about for quite a while now. Anyone who knows about this stuff, please share your knowledge (or theories). I'd love to hear it.
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 Video-Cellar |
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December 24, 2009 03:53:31am |
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feature_films
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Re: About copyright and video rentals |
In most countries special rental versions of videos and dvds are released by the studios and sold to video stores seperately and more expensively than the regular retail video. When I worked in a video store new release rental tapes cost about $120 when sell-thru (retail) tapes were about $30. This was in Australia in the mid 90s.
After the initial sale of the tape to the store there were no percentage royalties applying to individual rentals. But that might be different for major chains. They may get cheaper units while giving over a rental cut. I don't know, but the studios seem to be geared towards the major chains.
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guyzilla |
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December 25, 2009 01:15:46am |
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feature_films
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Re: About copyright and video rentals |
Yeah, I remember how expensive a video tapes were. I remember seeing a whole bunch of previously viewed copies of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" going for about 40 bucks a pop. I thought they were crazy. Ah, the good old days.
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